Reflections on substrate water and dioxygen formation

Nicholas Cox, Johannes Messinger*

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Abstract

This brief article aims at presenting a concise summary of all experimental findings regarding substrate water-binding to the Mn4CaO5 cluster in photosystem II. Mass spectrometric and spectroscopic results are interpreted in light of recent structural information of the water oxidizing complex obtained by X-ray crystallography, spectroscopy and theoreticalmodeling. Within this framework current proposals for themechanismof photosyntheticwater-oxidation are evaluated. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled:Metals in Bioenergetics and Biomimetics Systems.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1020-1030
Number of pages11
JournalBiochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics
Volume1827
Issue number8-9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes

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